Improvement in cultivator and seed-planter



ttnited D. B. MORGAN, lOF WASHINGTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO HllVlSELF ANDMOSES GILMORE, Oh" THE SAME PLACE.v

Letters Patent No. 86,776, dated February 9, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN CULTV'ATOR AND SEED-PLANTER.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, D. B. MORGAN, of Washington, 1n the countyofFayette, and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Oultivators and Seed-Planters; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which willenable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of thisspecification, in which- Figure l is a side view of my invention, partlyin section.

Figure 2 is a plan or top view of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate like parts.

This invention relates to a new and improved cultivator andseed-planter; and consists in a novel con' struction and arrangement ofparts, as hereinafter fully ,shown and described, whereby theseed-dropping may be operated with the greatest facility by the driver,or

person having hold of the handles ofthe implement.

The invention also consists in a novel seed-droppingA device, ashereinafter fully shown and described, whereby the seed is dropped withcertainty, and in. a proper manner, about an equal amount of seed beingin each dropping.

The invention further consists in a novel construction and -aITa-ngemeut ofthe cultivator-teeth, as hereinafter fully shown and described,whereby the earth will be thoroughly pulverized, and rendered light andpliable.

In the accompanying sheet of drawings- A represents the main frame ofthe machine, which is composed of two bars, a a, placed in V-forrn, andconnected by cross-rods To these bars a a standards c a're attached, twoat each side, and one in the angle at the front of the frame, saidstandards having an 'inclined position, as shown in lig. l, and eachhaving a plow, or share, al, attached to its lower end.

These plows, or shares, areA quite long, and gradually taper, ordecrease in width, from their upper to theirlower ends,\so that they maypenetrate the earth freely, and .leave it light and pliable. The shapeofthe plows or shares is shown clearly in tig. 2.

B B represent the handles of the device, which are secured in positionby cross-rods, e, which pass through the upper ends of the standards c.

Between lthe liont ends ofthe handles B B' ablock, C, is permanentlysecured, which has au upright, f, at each corner, to support a hopper,D, in which the seed to 4be dropped is placed, said hopper beingprovided with a pendent tube, E, through which the seed passes down intoan oblong cup, F, on thetop of a plate, G.

This cup F has a circular hole, g, through its bottom, and the plate Gis connected, by uprights, h, to

a plate, G', which is precisely similar to G, and is underneath theblock O.

This plate G' has a circular opening, t', made in it, out of line withthe hole g in G, and the block O has a circular hole, j, made centrallythrough it, which is in line with the tube E of the hopper D.

The hole j in the block C is lined with an Indiafrubber tube, It, andthe tube E is lined with a tube, l, like lt,- the upper plate G,therefore, works between the` tube-s 7c Land as the holes y t' are outof line with eachl other, the lower plate, G', closes the lower end oftube L when its upper end is open, and when the upper end of la isclosed, and also the lower end of E, the lower endv of k is open.

The` plates G'G' work from a pin, m, as a centre, and it will be seen,from the above description, that the tube "It, or hole j, in block G,constitutes a measure,

and each time the plate G of the communication betweeu-the tubes k l andthe lower end of k, is opened, the seed ink will be discharged.

4 The seed, as it drops from k, passes into atube, H, which conducts itinto the furrow made by the front plow or share d.

The capacity of this measure may be enlarged by withdrawing tube k.

The plates G G are operated by a rod, I, connected to au arm, n, whichprojects from a shaft, J tted in the handles B B', said shaft Jreceiving its motion from the extreme end of the handle B', which Worksloosely on the end of across-rod, e.

- The end of this pivoted part of B has two plates, o o, attached, withcurved slots, p, made in them, for

` the shaft J to pass through, and the outer end of J has an arm, q,extending from it, the outer end of which is pivoted to an arm, r,attached to the outer plate o, as shown clearly in g. 1.

r By moving this outer pivoted part of B', the seeddistributing deviceis operated at the will ofthe driver.

Having thus described my invention,

I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. .Theseed-dropping device, compose-d of the fixed block G, having an opening,j, through it, and the vibrating plates G G', provided respectively withthe holes g i, arranged in relation with the pendent tube Eof the hopperD, to operate in the manner substantially as Aand for the purpose setforth.

2. The pivoted outer partof thehandle B', plates o o, arms q lr fu,shaft J, and rod I, for operating theseeddistributing device, allarranged substahtially as shown and described. y

hi D. B. s MORGAN.

mark.

Witnesses B. H. RUSH, W. J. BLOOMER.

